News headlines for “Aid”, page 43
More Gazans killed trying to get food, healthcare near to ‘full disaster’
- UN News
Gaza’s health system is at breaking point, overwhelmed time and again by scores of people killed or injured near aid distribution sites, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
Without urgent funding, global hunger hotspots are set to grow, UN warns
- UN News
Since conflict erupted in Sudan, more than a million people have fled to neighbouring South Sudan, seeking refuge from escalating violence that has displaced 12.4 million people and plunged over half the Sudanese population into food insecurity.
Brutal cuts mean brutal choices warns UN relief chief, launching ‘survival appeal’
- UN News
Facing the most severe funding shortfall in the history of humanitarian aid, UN relief chief Tom Fletcher on Monday announced a “hyper-prioritised” appeal for $29 billion to meet urgent global needs.
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS: Live updates for 16 June
- UN News
After a weekend of massive strikes and counter-strikes between Tel Aviv and Tehran, the UN's human rights chief, Volker Türk on Monday condemned the violence and echoed wider calls for a negotiated end to the attacks. Meanwhile in Gaza, aid workers report that mobile communications networks continue to be cut in the shattered enclave. We'll be covering these developments and more across the UN system and beyond today, thanks for joining us. UN News app users can follow our live coverage here.
Humanitarians must be able to deliver aid in Gaza, UN agencies insist
- UN News
UN agencies on Friday continue to stress they must be allowed to deliver aid in the Gaza Strip as famine looms and a telecommunications blackout threatens lifesaving operations.
DR Congo crisis: Aid teams appeal for support to help displaced communities left with nothing
- UN News
As diplomatic efforts continue to end fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN development agency (UNDP) issued an appeal on Friday on behalf of people uprooted by the violence to help them rebuild their lives and livelihoods.
UN General Assembly adopts Gaza ceasefire resolution by overwhelming majority
- UN News
Meeting in emergency session on Thursday in New York, the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted a resolution demanding an immediate, unconditional and lasting ceasefire in Gaza.
Yemen at breaking point as UN envoy urges action to end suffering
- UN News
Yemen cannot endure more years of division, economic collapse and human suffering, the UN’s top official on the crisis told the Security Council on Thursday, warning that “time is not on our side.”
Famine stalks two counties in South Sudan as fragile peace is threatened
- UN News
Two counties in the Upper Nile State of South Sudan are sliding into famine, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned in a new report released Thursday.
Displacement doubles while funding shrinks, warns UNHCR
- UN News
With 13.5 million people displaced by over 13 years of brutal civil conflict, Syria used to represent the largest displacement crisis in the world. This is no longer the case.
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